The final ticks of the clock were flashed on our television screen. The last spoonful of chili was long gone. We watched as the Lombardi Trophy was hoisted and some player declared he couldn’t wait to get himself to Disneyland (oh, right).

I am wary (and weary) of those supposed experts who are calling this the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. That is yet to be determined (though my money says there have been worse times).